The Gombe state head of civil service Alhaji Bappayo Yahaya has urged workers on the state government payroll to always report for work as stated in their duty schedule.
According to him, is amazing to see that it is only journalists that comes to work at a given time. “I am always impressed by members of the press because whenever you called and give them time for work, they will be there on time”.
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The head of service stated this at a monthly press briefing of the Gombe State Integrated Payroll, Payment Gateway and Human Resource Management Information System Committee (G-SIPHMIS).
Bappayo who called on workers in the state to emulate Journalists, also said that the state government has introduced G-SIPHMIS to sanitize its payroll, “So, workers should obey and come to work early to avoid being suspended”.
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While giving a breakdown of findings of the committee in the month of September, the state commissioner of Finance Muhammad Gambo Magaji, disclosed a total of 901 staff of both the state and local government were found wanting and have been suspended awaiting investigations.
He explained that over of N77. 340 million was saved from the exercise in September, “
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According to him, of the 901 staff suspended in September, 599 staff with a salary amounting to over N53. 978 were suspended for scoring insufficient attendance in the register.
He added that a total of 170 staff with a salary amounting to N19. 658 will earn their salaries but will be investigated for having questionable attendance records, while 138 staff did not show up to be captured for enrolment and verification.
